Tendrils of the Past
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
Some secrets won't let go . . . Is the truth about a devastating family tragedy finally about to be unveiled?
"Stellar . . . Fraser is in top form" - Publishers Weekly Starred Review
Tragedy strikes a quiet Dorset town when the bodies of Sarah and Charles Drummond are discovered in their home one morning while their two young children, Abby and Mia, sleep upstairs. The police seem certain that Charles killed his wife before taking his own life, and the girls' grandmother, Cicely Fairfax, makes sure that they are shielded from the horrific truth.
Until now. Sixteen years later, an accident at work leads Mia to have disturbing flashbacks to the night her parents met their untimely deaths. What did she see? What really happened that fateful evening? When Mia and Abby eventually share painful memories from the night that changed their lives forever, they get closer to uncovering the truth, and a dark secret from the past is finally revealed . . .
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The deaths of Charles and Sarah Drummond in their home in Dorset while their two small daughters, Abby and Mia, sleep upstairs propel this stellar standalone from Fraser (The Ties That Bind). The police conclude that Charles strangled Sarah, then stabbed himself in the chest, but the girls' widowed grandmother, Cicely Fairfax, can't believe her son-in-law, of whom she was fond, could have killed his wife and then himself. Cicely adopts Abby and Mia, who are led to believe that their parents were "killed in a car accident," and they move away from Dorset. Fifteen years later, when Mia falls and hits her head, she experiences a vivid flashback, and the sisters begin to wonder what really happened the night their parents died. They ask their grandmother and uncle for information, and an article by a local journalist sparks queries that could endanger their lives. Alternating between 15 years earlier and the present, Fraser does an expert job dropping clues and building tension. The slow revelation of the truth is like watching a photo develop until the image is clear. Fraser is in top form.
